[ad_1] Opposition leader and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim (second from right) speaking with Sabah PKR chief Christina Liew (left), while PKR communication director Fahmi Fadzil watches in Kuala Lumpur today. KOTA KINABALU: PKR Chairman Anwar Ibrahim met with Sabah Party Chief Christina Liew for a discussion, less than a week …
Read More »Jokowi Will Be First To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine In Indonesia, Vaccines Will Be Free For All
[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has volunteered to be the first person in the country to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. He also said that vaccines will be available to citizens “at no cost” in a video uploaded to the State Palace YouTube channel on Wednesday (December 16). Ad Ad …
Read More »Withdrawing ferries from Penang is ‘cold and insensitive’ move, says Guan Eng
[ad_1] Penang ferries are part of the state’s unique heritage and history, with key roles in economic generation and tourism. GEORGE TOWN: Scrapping Penang’s last two ferries to make way for a new fleet in two years is a “cold and insensitive” approach by the federal government ignoring the sentiments …
Read More »Stop messing with my constituents, Ramasamy tells the railway agency
[ad_1] Penang Senior Vice Minister P Ramasamy displays a police report his office filed against the Railway Assets Corporation. PERAI: Penang’s Senior Vice Minister P Ramasamy today criticized a federal legal body for threatening 200 residents of a small village in Perai with evicting the land or risking a hefty …
Read More »Boko Haram denounces school kidnapping in northern Nigeria
[ad_1] ABUJA: The terrorist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of more than 300 students in northwestern Nigeria’s Katsina state on Tuesday, the Xinhua news agency reports. A total of 333 students from the Government Science High School remain missing after Friday night’s attack by gunmen on the …
Read More »The United States reports more than 1.6 million childhood cases of Covid-19
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Nearly 1,640,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, accounting for 12.2 percent of the number of cases nationwide, the Xinhua news agency reports citing a report. . According to a new joint report from the American Academy of …
Read More »Supermax founder WhatsApp edited these emojis before glove maker’s first KLCI exchange
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): WhatsApp’s handshake and thumbs up emojis, as well as another with both hands firmly together, meaning thank you, may have encapsulated the founder and main shareholder of Supermax Corp Bhd, Datuk Seri Stanley Thai Kim Sim on the importance of the company’s inclusion in the …
Read More »The Ministry of Health received more than 43,000 calls for help since the MCO began
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (KKM) received more than 43,000 calls through its psychosocial support hotline since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was introduced on March 18 to December 1 involving various problems due to stress. emotional as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Health Minister Datuk Seri …
Read More »It’s hard to survive, say workers in the gig economy
[ad_1] Millions of people are involved in the ‘gig economy’ where jobs range from wiretapping conductors to delivery passengers. PARIS: Whether in Paris, Kuala Lumpur or California, workers in the gig economy fear they will no longer be able to survive on the meager income from jobs that leave them …
Read More »Lina Joy’s ruling was wrongly applied to a woman who was never Muslim, the supreme court said
[ad_1] The Federal Court must decide whether the civil court has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether or not a person is Muslim under the law. PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal and the High Court were wrong to equate Lina Joy’s legal principle with the case of a woman who never …
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